Dead astronauts is a sortable list of people who have flown spacecraft missions into space who – as of 10 July 2024 [update] – are no longer alive. They have died on earth (of natural causes or by accident), in space, or during mission launch, re-entry, or landing. Astronauts who have landed on the moon and who have died are also listed separately at the end.
Astronaut | Nationality | Died ( YMD) | Age | Place | Missions and spacecraft flown in space (sortable by date of astronaut's maiden flight) |
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Vladimir Aksyonov [1] | Soviet Union | 2024-04-09 | 89 | Earth | Soyuz 22 (1976), Soyuz T-2 + Salyut 6 (1980) |
William Anders [2] | United States | 2024-06-07 | 90 | Earth | Apollo 8 (1968) |
Michael Anderson [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 43 | Re-entry | STS-89 (1998), STS-107 (2003) |
Neil Armstrong [4] | United States | 2012-08-25 | 82 | Earth | Gemini 8 (1966), Apollo 11 (1969) |
Yury Artyukhin | Soviet Union | 1998-08-04 | 68 | Earth | Soyuz 14 (1974) |
Alan Bean [5] | United States | 2018-05-26 | 86 | Earth | Apollo 12 (1969), Skylab 3 (1973) |
Pavel Belyayev | Soviet Union | 1970-01-10 | 44 | Earth | Voskhod 2 (1965) |
Georgy Beregovoy | Soviet Union | 1995-06-30 | 74 | Earth | Soyuz 3 (1968) |
Anatoly Berezovoy | Soviet Union | 2014-09-20 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz T-5 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-7 (1982) |
Karol Bobko [6] | United States | 2023-08-17 | 85 | Earth | STS-6 (1983), STS-51-D (1985), STS-51-J (1985) |
Frank Borman [7] | United States | 2023-11-07 | 95 | Earth | Gemini 7 (1965), Apollo 8 (1968) |
Charles Brady | United States | 2006-07-23 | 54 | Earth | STS-78 (1996) |
David Brown [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 46 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Valery Bykovsky | Soviet Union | 2019-03-27 | 84 | Earth | Vostok 5 (1963), Soyuz 22 (1976), Soyuz 31 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 29 (1978) |
Scott Carpenter | United States | 2013-10-10 | 88 | Earth | Aurora 7 (1962) |
Gerald Carr | United States | 2020-08-26 | 88 | Earth | Skylab 4 (1973) |
Sonny Carter | United States | 1991-04-05 | 43 | Earth | STS-33 (1989) |
Gene Cernan | United States | 2017-01-16 | 82 | Earth | Gemini 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo 17 (1972) |
Kalpana Chawla [3] | India–USA | 2003-02-01 | 40 | Re-entry | STS-87 (1997), STS-107 (2003) |
Laurel Clark [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 41 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Mary Cleave [8] | United States | 2023-11-27 | 76 | Earth | STS-61-B (1985), STS-30 (1989) |
Michael Clifford | United States | 2021-12-28 | 69 | Earth | STS-53 (1992), STS-59 (1994), STS-76 (1996) |
Michael Collins [9] | United States | 2021-04-28 | 90 | Earth | Gemini 10 (1966), Apollo 11 (1969) |
Pete Conrad | United States | 1999-07-08 | 69 | Earth | Gemini 5 (1965), Gemini 11 (1966), Apollo 12 (1969), Skylab 2 (1973) |
Gordon Cooper | United States | 2007-05-03 | 80 | Earth | Faith 7 (1963), Gemini 5 (1965) |
Walter Cunningham [10] | United States | 2023-01-03 | 90 | Earth | Apollo 7 (1968) |
Georgy Dobrovolsky | Soviet Union | 1971-06-30 | 43 | Space | Soyuz 11 + Salyut 1 (1971) |
Samuel Durrance [11] | United States | 2023-05-05 | 79 | Earth | STS-35 (1990), STS-67 (1995) |
Lev Dyomin | Soviet Union | 1998-12-18 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz 15 (1974) |
Donn Eisele | United States | 1987-12-02 | 57 | Earth | Apollo 7 (1968) |
Joe Engle [12] | United States | 2024-07-10 | 91 | Earth | STS-2 (1981), STS-51-I (1985) |
Ron Evans | United States | 1990-04-07 | 56 | Earth | Apollo 17 (1972) |
Muhammed Faris [13] | Syria + Turkey | 2024-04-19 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz TM-3 + Mir + Soyuz TM-2 (1987) |
Jean-Jacques Favier [14] | France | 2023-03-19 | 73 | Earth | STS-78 (1996) |
Konstantin Feoktistov | Soviet Union | 2009-11-21 | 83 | Earth | Voskhod 1 (1964) |
Anatoly Filipchenko [15] | Soviet Union | 2022-08-07 | 94 | Earth | Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 16 (1974) |
Gordon Fullerton | United States | 2013-08-21 | 76 | Earth | STS-3 (1982), STS-51-F (1985) |
Reinhard Furrer | Germany (West) | 1995-09-09 | 54 | Earth | STS-61-A (1985) |
Yuri Gagarin | Soviet Union | 1968-03-27 | 34 | Earth | Vostok 1 (1961) |
Dale Gardner | United States | 2014-02-19 | 65 | Earth | STS-8 (1983), STS-51-A (1984) |
Owen Garriott | United States | 2019-04-15 | 88 | Earth | Skylab 3 (1973), STS-9 (1983) |
Yury Glazkov | Soviet Union | 2008-12-09 | 69 | Earth | Soyuz 24 + Salyut 5 (1977) |
John Glenn | United States | 2016-12-08 | 95 | Earth | Friendship 7 (1962), STS-95 (1998) |
Viktor Gorbatko | Soviet Union | 2017-05-17 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 24 (1977), Soyuz 37 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 36 (1980) |
Dick Gordon | United States | 2017-11-06 | 88 | Earth | Gemini 11 (1966), Apollo 12 (1969) |
Georgy Grechko | Soviet Union | 2017-04-08 | 85 | Earth | Soyuz 17 + Salyut 4 (1975), Soyuz 26 + Salyut 6 (1977), Soyuz 27 (1978), Soyuz T-14 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-13 (1985) |
David Griggs | United States | 1989-06-17 | 49 | Earth | STS-51-D (1985) |
Gus Grissom | United States | 1967-01-27 | 40 | Earth | Liberty Bell 7 (1961), Gemini 3 (1965) |
Aleksei Gubarev | Soviet Union | 2015-02-21 | 83 | Earth | Soyuz 17 + Salyut 4 (1975), Soyuz 28 + Salyut 6 (1978) |
Hank Hartsfield | United States | 2014-07-17 | 80 | Earth | STS-4 (1982), STS-41-D (1984), STS-61-A (1985) |
Karl Henize | United States | 1993-10-05 | 66 | Earth | STS-51-F (1985) |
Mirosław Hermaszewski [16] | Poland | 2022-12-12 | 81 | Earth | Soyuz 30 + Salyut 6 (1978) |
Millie Hughes-Fulford [17] | United States | 2021-02-02 | 75 | Earth | STS-40 (1991) |
Rick Husband [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 45 | Re-entry | STS-96 (1999), STS-107 (2003) |
Jim Irwin | United States | 1991-08-08 | 61 | Earth | Apollo 15 (1971) |
Sigmund Jähn | Germany (East) | 2019-09-21 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 31 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 29 (1978) |
Yevgeny Khrunov | Soviet Union | 2000-05-20 | 66 | Earth | Soyuz 5 + Soyuz 4 (1969) |
Leonid Kizim | Soviet Union | 2010-06-14 | 68 | Earth | Soyuz T-3 + Salyut 6 (1980), Soyuz T-10 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-11 (1984), Soyuz T-15 + Mir + Salyut 7 (1986) |
Vladimir Komarov | Soviet Union | 1967-04-24 | 40 | Landing | Voskhod 1 (1964), Soyuz 1 (1967) |
Valery Kubasov [18] | Soviet Union | 2014-02-19 | 79 | Earth | Soyuz 6 (1969), Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975), Soyuz 36 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 35 (1980) |
Vasily Lazarev | Soviet Union | 1990-12-31 | 62 | Earth | Soyuz 12 (1973), Soyuz 18a (1975) |
Bill Lenoir | United States | 2010-08-26 | 71 | Earth | STS-5 (1982) |
Alexei Leonov | Soviet Union | 2019-10-11 | 85 | Earth | Voskhod 2 (1965), Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975) |
Anatoly Levchenko | Soviet Union | 1988-08-06 | 47 | Earth | Soyuz TM-4 + Mir EO-3 + Soyuz TM-3 (1987–8) |
Don Lind [19] | United States | 2022-08-30 | 92 | Earth | STS-51-B (1985) |
John Lounge [20] | United States | 2011-03-01 | 64 | Earth | STS-51-I (1985), STS-26 (1988), STS-35 (1990) |
David Low | United States | 2008-03-15 | 52 | Earth | STS-32 (1990), STS-43 (1991), STS-57 (1993) |
Vladimir Lyakhov | Soviet Union | 2018-04-19 | 76 | Earth | Soyuz 32 + Salyut 6 (1979), Soyuz T-9 + Salyut 7 (1983), Mir EP-3 ( Soyuz TM-6 + Mir + Soyuz TM-5) (1988) |
Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 2003-05-28 | 70 | Earth | Soyuz 12 (1973), Soyuz 18a (1975), Soyuz 27 (1978), Soyuz 26 (1978), Soyuz T-3 (1980) |
Yury Malyshev [21] | Soviet Union | 1999-11-08 | 58 | Earth | Soyuz T-2 + Salyut 6 (1980), Soyuz T-11 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-10 (1984) |
Gennadi Manakov [22] | Soviet Union | 2019-09-26 | 69 | Earth | Soyuz TM-10 + Mir (1990), Soyuz TM-16 + Mir (1993) |
Ken Mattingly | United States | 2023-10-31 | 87 | Earth | Apollo 16 (1972), STS-4 (1982), STS-51-C (1985) |
Bruce McCandless | United States | 2017-12-31 | 80 | Earth | STS-41-B (1984), STS-31 (1990) |
Willie McCool [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 41 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Jim McDivitt [23] | United States | 2022-10-14 | 93 | Earth | Gemini 4 (1965), Apollo 9 (1969) |
Ronald McNair | United States | 1986-01-28 | 35 | Launch | STS-41-B (1984) |
Ed Mitchell | United States | 2016-02-04 | 85 | Earth | Apollo 14 (1971) |
Boris Morukov | Russia | 2015-01-01 | 64 | Earth | STS-106 + ISS (2000) |
Steve Nagel | United States | 2014-08-21 | 67 | Earth | STS-51-G (1985), STS-61-A (1985), STS-37 (1991), STS-55 (1993) |
Andriyan Nikolayev | Soviet Union | 2004-07-03 | 74 | Earth | Vostok 3 (1962), Soyuz 9 (1970) |
Wubbo Ockels | Netherlands | 2014-05-18 | 68 | Earth | STS-61-A (1985) |
Ellison Onizuka | United States | 1986-01-28 | 39 | Launch | STS-51-C (1985) |
Bob Overmyer | United States | 1996-03-22 | 59 | Earth | STS-5 (1982), STS-51-B (1985) |
Ronald Parise | United States | 2008-05-09 | 56 | Earth | STS-36 (1990), STS-67 (1995) |
Viktor Patsayev | Soviet Union | 1971-06-30 | 38 | Space | Soyuz 11 + Salyut 1 (1971) |
Donald Peterson | United States | 2018-05-27 | 84 | Earth | STS-6 (1983) |
Bill Pogue | United States | 2014-03-03 | 84 | Earth | Skylab 4 (1973) |
Alan Poindexter | United States | 2012-07-01 | 50 | Earth | STS-122 (2008), STS-131 (2010) |
Valeri Polyakov [24] | Soviet Union–Russia | 2022-09-07 | 80 | Earth | Soyuz TM-6 (1988) + Mir EO-3 + Soyuz TM-7 (1989), Soyuz TM-18 (1994) + Mir EO-15 + Mir EO-16 + Mir EO-17 + Soyuz TM-20 (1995) |
Pavel Popovich | Soviet Union | 2009-09-29 | 78 | Earth | Vostok 4 (1962), Soyuz 14 (1974) |
Ilan Ramon [3] | Israel | 2003-02-01 | 48 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Judith Resnik | United States | 1986-01-28 | 36 | Launch | STS-41-D (1984) |
Sally Ride | United States | 2012-07-23 | 61 | Earth | STS-7 (1983), STS-41-G (1984) |
Stu Roosa | United States | 1994-12-12 | 61 | Earth | Apollo 14 (1971) |
Valery Rozhdestvensky | Soviet Union | 2011-08-31 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz 23 (1976) |
Nikolay Rukavishnikov | Soviet Union | 2002-10-19 | 70 | Earth | Soyuz 10 (1971), Soyuz 16 (1974), Soyuz 33 (1979) |
Valery Ryumin [25] | Soviet Union | 2022-06-06 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 25 (1977), Soyuz 32 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 34 (1979), Soyuz 35 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 37 (1980), STS-91 + Mir (1998) |
Gennady Sarafanov | Soviet Union | 2005-09-29 | 63 | Earth | Soyuz 15 (1974) |
Wally Schirra | United States | 2007-05-03 | 84 | Earth | Sigma 7 (1962), Gemini 6A (1965), Apollo 7 (1968) |
Dick Scobee | United States | 1986-01-28 | 46 | Launch | STS-41-C (1984) |
Richard Searfoss | United States | 2018-09-29 | 62 | Earth | STS-58 (1993), STS-76 + Mir (1996), STS-90 (1998) |
Piers Sellers | United Kingdom | 2016-12-23 | 61 | Earth | STS-112 + ISS (2002), STS-121 + ISS (2006), STS-132 + ISS (2010) |
Aleksandr Serebrov | Soviet Union | 2013-11-12 | 69 | Earth | Soyuz T-7 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-5 (1982), Soyuz T-8 (1983), Soyuz TM-8 + Mir (1989–90), Soyuz TM-17 + Mir (1993–94) |
Vitaly Sevastyanov | Soviet Union | 2010-04-05 | 74 | Earth | Soyuz 9 (1970), Soyuz 18 (1975) |
Vladimir Shatalov [26] | Soviet Union | 2021-06-15 | 93 | Earth | Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), Soyuz 10 (1971) |
Alan Shepard | United States | 1998-07-21 | 74 | Earth | Freedom 7 (1961), Apollo 14 (1971) |
Georgy Shonin | Soviet Union | 1997-04-07 | 61 | Earth | Soyuz 6 (1969) |
Deke Slayton | United States | 1993-06-13 | 69 | Earth | Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975) |
Tom Stafford [27] | United States | 2024-03-18 | 93 | Earth | Gemini 6A (1965), Gemini 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975) |
Gennadi Strekalov | Soviet Union | 2004-12-25 | 64 | Earth | Soyuz T-3 + Salyut 6 (1980), Soyuz T-8 (1983), Soyuz T-11 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-10 (1984), Soyuz TM-10 + Mir (1990), Soyuz TM-21 + Mir + STS-71 (1995) |
Jack Swigert | United States | 1982-12-27 | 51 | Earth | Apollo 13 (1970) |
William Thornton | United States | 2021-01-11 | 91 | Earth | STS-8 (1983), STS-51-B (1985) |
Gherman Titov | Soviet Union | 2000-09-20 | 65 | Earth | Vostok 2 (1961) |
Dick Truly [28] | United States | 2024-02-27 | 86 | Earth | STS-2 (1981), STS-8 (1983) |
Bjarni Tryggvason [29] | Iceland, Canada | 2022-04-05 | 76 | Earth | STS-85 (1997) |
Lodewijk van den Berg [30] | Netherlands | 2022-10-16 | 90 | Earth | STS-51-B (1985) |
Vladimir Vasyutin | Soviet Union | 2002-07-19 | 50 | Earth | Soyuz T-14 + Salyut 7 (1985) |
Lacy Veach | United States | 1995-10-03 | 51 | Earth | STS-39 (1991), STS-52 (1992) |
Aleksandr Viktorenko [31] | Soviet Union–Russia | 2023-08-10 | 76 | Earth | Soyuz TM-3 + Mir EP-1 + Soyuz TM-2 (1987), Soyuz TM-8 (1989–90) + Mir EO-5 (1989–90), Soyuz TM-14 (1992) + Mir EO-11, Soyuz TM-20 (1994) + Mir EO-17 |
Igor Volk | Soviet Union | 2017-01-03 | 79 | Earth | Soyuz T-12 + Salyut 7 (1984) |
Vladislav Volkov | Soviet Union | 1971-06-30 | 35 | Space | Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 11 + Salyut 1 (1971) |
Janice Voss | United States | 2012-02-06 | 55 | Earth | STS-57 (1993), STS-63 (1995), STS-83 (1997), STS-94 (1997), STS-99 (2000) |
David Walker | United States | 2001-04-23 | 56 | Earth | STS 51-A (1984), STS-30 (1989), STS-53 (1992), STS-69 (1995) |
Paul Weitz | United States | 2017-10-22 | 85 | Earth | Skylab 2 (1973), STS-6 (1983) |
Ed White | United States | 1967-01-27 | 36 | Earth | Gemini 4 (1965) |
Donald Williams | United States | 2016-02-23 | 74 | Earth | STS-51-D (1985), STS-34 (1989) |
Al Worden | United States | 2020-03-18 | 88 | Earth | Apollo 15 (1971) |
Boris Yegorov | Soviet Union | 1994-09-12 | 56 | Earth | Voskhod 1 (1964) |
John Young | United States | 2018-01-05 | 87 | Earth | Gemini 3 (1965), Gemini 10 (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo 16 (1972), STS-1 (1981), STS-9 (1983) |
Vyacheslav Zudov [32] | Soviet Union | 2024-06-12 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 23 (1976) |
Twelve astronauts from the United States walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972. Eight are now dead. The remaining four who are still alive are Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (now aged 94), Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott (92), Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke (88), and Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt (88–89).
Astronaut | Died ( YMD) | Age | Lunar surface mission |
---|---|---|---|
Neil Armstrong | 2012-08-25 | 82 | Apollo 11 (1969) |
Alan Bean | 2018-05-26 | 86 | Apollo 12 (1969) |
Gene Cernan | 2017-01-16 | 82 | Apollo 17 (1972) |
Pete Conrad | 1999-07-08 | 69 | Apollo 12 (1969) |
Jim Irwin | 1991-08-08 | 61 | Apollo 15 (1971) |
Ed Mitchell | 2016-02-04 | 85 | Apollo 14 (1971) |
Alan Shepard | 1998-07-21 | 74 | Apollo 14 (1971) |
John Young | 2018-01-05 | 87 | Apollo 16 (1972) |
Dead astronauts is a sortable list of people who have flown spacecraft missions into space who – as of 10 July 2024 [update] – are no longer alive. They have died on earth (of natural causes or by accident), in space, or during mission launch, re-entry, or landing. Astronauts who have landed on the moon and who have died are also listed separately at the end.
Astronaut | Nationality | Died ( YMD) | Age | Place | Missions and spacecraft flown in space (sortable by date of astronaut's maiden flight) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vladimir Aksyonov [1] | Soviet Union | 2024-04-09 | 89 | Earth | Soyuz 22 (1976), Soyuz T-2 + Salyut 6 (1980) |
William Anders [2] | United States | 2024-06-07 | 90 | Earth | Apollo 8 (1968) |
Michael Anderson [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 43 | Re-entry | STS-89 (1998), STS-107 (2003) |
Neil Armstrong [4] | United States | 2012-08-25 | 82 | Earth | Gemini 8 (1966), Apollo 11 (1969) |
Yury Artyukhin | Soviet Union | 1998-08-04 | 68 | Earth | Soyuz 14 (1974) |
Alan Bean [5] | United States | 2018-05-26 | 86 | Earth | Apollo 12 (1969), Skylab 3 (1973) |
Pavel Belyayev | Soviet Union | 1970-01-10 | 44 | Earth | Voskhod 2 (1965) |
Georgy Beregovoy | Soviet Union | 1995-06-30 | 74 | Earth | Soyuz 3 (1968) |
Anatoly Berezovoy | Soviet Union | 2014-09-20 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz T-5 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-7 (1982) |
Karol Bobko [6] | United States | 2023-08-17 | 85 | Earth | STS-6 (1983), STS-51-D (1985), STS-51-J (1985) |
Frank Borman [7] | United States | 2023-11-07 | 95 | Earth | Gemini 7 (1965), Apollo 8 (1968) |
Charles Brady | United States | 2006-07-23 | 54 | Earth | STS-78 (1996) |
David Brown [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 46 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Valery Bykovsky | Soviet Union | 2019-03-27 | 84 | Earth | Vostok 5 (1963), Soyuz 22 (1976), Soyuz 31 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 29 (1978) |
Scott Carpenter | United States | 2013-10-10 | 88 | Earth | Aurora 7 (1962) |
Gerald Carr | United States | 2020-08-26 | 88 | Earth | Skylab 4 (1973) |
Sonny Carter | United States | 1991-04-05 | 43 | Earth | STS-33 (1989) |
Gene Cernan | United States | 2017-01-16 | 82 | Earth | Gemini 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo 17 (1972) |
Kalpana Chawla [3] | India–USA | 2003-02-01 | 40 | Re-entry | STS-87 (1997), STS-107 (2003) |
Laurel Clark [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 41 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Mary Cleave [8] | United States | 2023-11-27 | 76 | Earth | STS-61-B (1985), STS-30 (1989) |
Michael Clifford | United States | 2021-12-28 | 69 | Earth | STS-53 (1992), STS-59 (1994), STS-76 (1996) |
Michael Collins [9] | United States | 2021-04-28 | 90 | Earth | Gemini 10 (1966), Apollo 11 (1969) |
Pete Conrad | United States | 1999-07-08 | 69 | Earth | Gemini 5 (1965), Gemini 11 (1966), Apollo 12 (1969), Skylab 2 (1973) |
Gordon Cooper | United States | 2007-05-03 | 80 | Earth | Faith 7 (1963), Gemini 5 (1965) |
Walter Cunningham [10] | United States | 2023-01-03 | 90 | Earth | Apollo 7 (1968) |
Georgy Dobrovolsky | Soviet Union | 1971-06-30 | 43 | Space | Soyuz 11 + Salyut 1 (1971) |
Samuel Durrance [11] | United States | 2023-05-05 | 79 | Earth | STS-35 (1990), STS-67 (1995) |
Lev Dyomin | Soviet Union | 1998-12-18 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz 15 (1974) |
Donn Eisele | United States | 1987-12-02 | 57 | Earth | Apollo 7 (1968) |
Joe Engle [12] | United States | 2024-07-10 | 91 | Earth | STS-2 (1981), STS-51-I (1985) |
Ron Evans | United States | 1990-04-07 | 56 | Earth | Apollo 17 (1972) |
Muhammed Faris [13] | Syria + Turkey | 2024-04-19 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz TM-3 + Mir + Soyuz TM-2 (1987) |
Jean-Jacques Favier [14] | France | 2023-03-19 | 73 | Earth | STS-78 (1996) |
Konstantin Feoktistov | Soviet Union | 2009-11-21 | 83 | Earth | Voskhod 1 (1964) |
Anatoly Filipchenko [15] | Soviet Union | 2022-08-07 | 94 | Earth | Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 16 (1974) |
Gordon Fullerton | United States | 2013-08-21 | 76 | Earth | STS-3 (1982), STS-51-F (1985) |
Reinhard Furrer | Germany (West) | 1995-09-09 | 54 | Earth | STS-61-A (1985) |
Yuri Gagarin | Soviet Union | 1968-03-27 | 34 | Earth | Vostok 1 (1961) |
Dale Gardner | United States | 2014-02-19 | 65 | Earth | STS-8 (1983), STS-51-A (1984) |
Owen Garriott | United States | 2019-04-15 | 88 | Earth | Skylab 3 (1973), STS-9 (1983) |
Yury Glazkov | Soviet Union | 2008-12-09 | 69 | Earth | Soyuz 24 + Salyut 5 (1977) |
John Glenn | United States | 2016-12-08 | 95 | Earth | Friendship 7 (1962), STS-95 (1998) |
Viktor Gorbatko | Soviet Union | 2017-05-17 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 24 (1977), Soyuz 37 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 36 (1980) |
Dick Gordon | United States | 2017-11-06 | 88 | Earth | Gemini 11 (1966), Apollo 12 (1969) |
Georgy Grechko | Soviet Union | 2017-04-08 | 85 | Earth | Soyuz 17 + Salyut 4 (1975), Soyuz 26 + Salyut 6 (1977), Soyuz 27 (1978), Soyuz T-14 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-13 (1985) |
David Griggs | United States | 1989-06-17 | 49 | Earth | STS-51-D (1985) |
Gus Grissom | United States | 1967-01-27 | 40 | Earth | Liberty Bell 7 (1961), Gemini 3 (1965) |
Aleksei Gubarev | Soviet Union | 2015-02-21 | 83 | Earth | Soyuz 17 + Salyut 4 (1975), Soyuz 28 + Salyut 6 (1978) |
Hank Hartsfield | United States | 2014-07-17 | 80 | Earth | STS-4 (1982), STS-41-D (1984), STS-61-A (1985) |
Karl Henize | United States | 1993-10-05 | 66 | Earth | STS-51-F (1985) |
Mirosław Hermaszewski [16] | Poland | 2022-12-12 | 81 | Earth | Soyuz 30 + Salyut 6 (1978) |
Millie Hughes-Fulford [17] | United States | 2021-02-02 | 75 | Earth | STS-40 (1991) |
Rick Husband [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 45 | Re-entry | STS-96 (1999), STS-107 (2003) |
Jim Irwin | United States | 1991-08-08 | 61 | Earth | Apollo 15 (1971) |
Sigmund Jähn | Germany (East) | 2019-09-21 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 31 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 29 (1978) |
Yevgeny Khrunov | Soviet Union | 2000-05-20 | 66 | Earth | Soyuz 5 + Soyuz 4 (1969) |
Leonid Kizim | Soviet Union | 2010-06-14 | 68 | Earth | Soyuz T-3 + Salyut 6 (1980), Soyuz T-10 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-11 (1984), Soyuz T-15 + Mir + Salyut 7 (1986) |
Vladimir Komarov | Soviet Union | 1967-04-24 | 40 | Landing | Voskhod 1 (1964), Soyuz 1 (1967) |
Valery Kubasov [18] | Soviet Union | 2014-02-19 | 79 | Earth | Soyuz 6 (1969), Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975), Soyuz 36 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 35 (1980) |
Vasily Lazarev | Soviet Union | 1990-12-31 | 62 | Earth | Soyuz 12 (1973), Soyuz 18a (1975) |
Bill Lenoir | United States | 2010-08-26 | 71 | Earth | STS-5 (1982) |
Alexei Leonov | Soviet Union | 2019-10-11 | 85 | Earth | Voskhod 2 (1965), Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975) |
Anatoly Levchenko | Soviet Union | 1988-08-06 | 47 | Earth | Soyuz TM-4 + Mir EO-3 + Soyuz TM-3 (1987–8) |
Don Lind [19] | United States | 2022-08-30 | 92 | Earth | STS-51-B (1985) |
John Lounge [20] | United States | 2011-03-01 | 64 | Earth | STS-51-I (1985), STS-26 (1988), STS-35 (1990) |
David Low | United States | 2008-03-15 | 52 | Earth | STS-32 (1990), STS-43 (1991), STS-57 (1993) |
Vladimir Lyakhov | Soviet Union | 2018-04-19 | 76 | Earth | Soyuz 32 + Salyut 6 (1979), Soyuz T-9 + Salyut 7 (1983), Mir EP-3 ( Soyuz TM-6 + Mir + Soyuz TM-5) (1988) |
Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 2003-05-28 | 70 | Earth | Soyuz 12 (1973), Soyuz 18a (1975), Soyuz 27 (1978), Soyuz 26 (1978), Soyuz T-3 (1980) |
Yury Malyshev [21] | Soviet Union | 1999-11-08 | 58 | Earth | Soyuz T-2 + Salyut 6 (1980), Soyuz T-11 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-10 (1984) |
Gennadi Manakov [22] | Soviet Union | 2019-09-26 | 69 | Earth | Soyuz TM-10 + Mir (1990), Soyuz TM-16 + Mir (1993) |
Ken Mattingly | United States | 2023-10-31 | 87 | Earth | Apollo 16 (1972), STS-4 (1982), STS-51-C (1985) |
Bruce McCandless | United States | 2017-12-31 | 80 | Earth | STS-41-B (1984), STS-31 (1990) |
Willie McCool [3] | United States | 2003-02-01 | 41 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Jim McDivitt [23] | United States | 2022-10-14 | 93 | Earth | Gemini 4 (1965), Apollo 9 (1969) |
Ronald McNair | United States | 1986-01-28 | 35 | Launch | STS-41-B (1984) |
Ed Mitchell | United States | 2016-02-04 | 85 | Earth | Apollo 14 (1971) |
Boris Morukov | Russia | 2015-01-01 | 64 | Earth | STS-106 + ISS (2000) |
Steve Nagel | United States | 2014-08-21 | 67 | Earth | STS-51-G (1985), STS-61-A (1985), STS-37 (1991), STS-55 (1993) |
Andriyan Nikolayev | Soviet Union | 2004-07-03 | 74 | Earth | Vostok 3 (1962), Soyuz 9 (1970) |
Wubbo Ockels | Netherlands | 2014-05-18 | 68 | Earth | STS-61-A (1985) |
Ellison Onizuka | United States | 1986-01-28 | 39 | Launch | STS-51-C (1985) |
Bob Overmyer | United States | 1996-03-22 | 59 | Earth | STS-5 (1982), STS-51-B (1985) |
Ronald Parise | United States | 2008-05-09 | 56 | Earth | STS-36 (1990), STS-67 (1995) |
Viktor Patsayev | Soviet Union | 1971-06-30 | 38 | Space | Soyuz 11 + Salyut 1 (1971) |
Donald Peterson | United States | 2018-05-27 | 84 | Earth | STS-6 (1983) |
Bill Pogue | United States | 2014-03-03 | 84 | Earth | Skylab 4 (1973) |
Alan Poindexter | United States | 2012-07-01 | 50 | Earth | STS-122 (2008), STS-131 (2010) |
Valeri Polyakov [24] | Soviet Union–Russia | 2022-09-07 | 80 | Earth | Soyuz TM-6 (1988) + Mir EO-3 + Soyuz TM-7 (1989), Soyuz TM-18 (1994) + Mir EO-15 + Mir EO-16 + Mir EO-17 + Soyuz TM-20 (1995) |
Pavel Popovich | Soviet Union | 2009-09-29 | 78 | Earth | Vostok 4 (1962), Soyuz 14 (1974) |
Ilan Ramon [3] | Israel | 2003-02-01 | 48 | Re-entry | STS-107 (2003) |
Judith Resnik | United States | 1986-01-28 | 36 | Launch | STS-41-D (1984) |
Sally Ride | United States | 2012-07-23 | 61 | Earth | STS-7 (1983), STS-41-G (1984) |
Stu Roosa | United States | 1994-12-12 | 61 | Earth | Apollo 14 (1971) |
Valery Rozhdestvensky | Soviet Union | 2011-08-31 | 72 | Earth | Soyuz 23 (1976) |
Nikolay Rukavishnikov | Soviet Union | 2002-10-19 | 70 | Earth | Soyuz 10 (1971), Soyuz 16 (1974), Soyuz 33 (1979) |
Valery Ryumin [25] | Soviet Union | 2022-06-06 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 25 (1977), Soyuz 32 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 34 (1979), Soyuz 35 + Salyut 6 + Soyuz 37 (1980), STS-91 + Mir (1998) |
Gennady Sarafanov | Soviet Union | 2005-09-29 | 63 | Earth | Soyuz 15 (1974) |
Wally Schirra | United States | 2007-05-03 | 84 | Earth | Sigma 7 (1962), Gemini 6A (1965), Apollo 7 (1968) |
Dick Scobee | United States | 1986-01-28 | 46 | Launch | STS-41-C (1984) |
Richard Searfoss | United States | 2018-09-29 | 62 | Earth | STS-58 (1993), STS-76 + Mir (1996), STS-90 (1998) |
Piers Sellers | United Kingdom | 2016-12-23 | 61 | Earth | STS-112 + ISS (2002), STS-121 + ISS (2006), STS-132 + ISS (2010) |
Aleksandr Serebrov | Soviet Union | 2013-11-12 | 69 | Earth | Soyuz T-7 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-5 (1982), Soyuz T-8 (1983), Soyuz TM-8 + Mir (1989–90), Soyuz TM-17 + Mir (1993–94) |
Vitaly Sevastyanov | Soviet Union | 2010-04-05 | 74 | Earth | Soyuz 9 (1970), Soyuz 18 (1975) |
Vladimir Shatalov [26] | Soviet Union | 2021-06-15 | 93 | Earth | Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), Soyuz 10 (1971) |
Alan Shepard | United States | 1998-07-21 | 74 | Earth | Freedom 7 (1961), Apollo 14 (1971) |
Georgy Shonin | Soviet Union | 1997-04-07 | 61 | Earth | Soyuz 6 (1969) |
Deke Slayton | United States | 1993-06-13 | 69 | Earth | Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975) |
Tom Stafford [27] | United States | 2024-03-18 | 93 | Earth | Gemini 6A (1965), Gemini 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975) |
Gennadi Strekalov | Soviet Union | 2004-12-25 | 64 | Earth | Soyuz T-3 + Salyut 6 (1980), Soyuz T-8 (1983), Soyuz T-11 + Salyut 7 + Soyuz T-10 (1984), Soyuz TM-10 + Mir (1990), Soyuz TM-21 + Mir + STS-71 (1995) |
Jack Swigert | United States | 1982-12-27 | 51 | Earth | Apollo 13 (1970) |
William Thornton | United States | 2021-01-11 | 91 | Earth | STS-8 (1983), STS-51-B (1985) |
Gherman Titov | Soviet Union | 2000-09-20 | 65 | Earth | Vostok 2 (1961) |
Dick Truly [28] | United States | 2024-02-27 | 86 | Earth | STS-2 (1981), STS-8 (1983) |
Bjarni Tryggvason [29] | Iceland, Canada | 2022-04-05 | 76 | Earth | STS-85 (1997) |
Lodewijk van den Berg [30] | Netherlands | 2022-10-16 | 90 | Earth | STS-51-B (1985) |
Vladimir Vasyutin | Soviet Union | 2002-07-19 | 50 | Earth | Soyuz T-14 + Salyut 7 (1985) |
Lacy Veach | United States | 1995-10-03 | 51 | Earth | STS-39 (1991), STS-52 (1992) |
Aleksandr Viktorenko [31] | Soviet Union–Russia | 2023-08-10 | 76 | Earth | Soyuz TM-3 + Mir EP-1 + Soyuz TM-2 (1987), Soyuz TM-8 (1989–90) + Mir EO-5 (1989–90), Soyuz TM-14 (1992) + Mir EO-11, Soyuz TM-20 (1994) + Mir EO-17 |
Igor Volk | Soviet Union | 2017-01-03 | 79 | Earth | Soyuz T-12 + Salyut 7 (1984) |
Vladislav Volkov | Soviet Union | 1971-06-30 | 35 | Space | Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 11 + Salyut 1 (1971) |
Janice Voss | United States | 2012-02-06 | 55 | Earth | STS-57 (1993), STS-63 (1995), STS-83 (1997), STS-94 (1997), STS-99 (2000) |
David Walker | United States | 2001-04-23 | 56 | Earth | STS 51-A (1984), STS-30 (1989), STS-53 (1992), STS-69 (1995) |
Paul Weitz | United States | 2017-10-22 | 85 | Earth | Skylab 2 (1973), STS-6 (1983) |
Ed White | United States | 1967-01-27 | 36 | Earth | Gemini 4 (1965) |
Donald Williams | United States | 2016-02-23 | 74 | Earth | STS-51-D (1985), STS-34 (1989) |
Al Worden | United States | 2020-03-18 | 88 | Earth | Apollo 15 (1971) |
Boris Yegorov | Soviet Union | 1994-09-12 | 56 | Earth | Voskhod 1 (1964) |
John Young | United States | 2018-01-05 | 87 | Earth | Gemini 3 (1965), Gemini 10 (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo 16 (1972), STS-1 (1981), STS-9 (1983) |
Vyacheslav Zudov [32] | Soviet Union | 2024-06-12 | 82 | Earth | Soyuz 23 (1976) |
Twelve astronauts from the United States walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972. Eight are now dead. The remaining four who are still alive are Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (now aged 94), Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott (92), Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke (88), and Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt (88–89).
Astronaut | Died ( YMD) | Age | Lunar surface mission |
---|---|---|---|
Neil Armstrong | 2012-08-25 | 82 | Apollo 11 (1969) |
Alan Bean | 2018-05-26 | 86 | Apollo 12 (1969) |
Gene Cernan | 2017-01-16 | 82 | Apollo 17 (1972) |
Pete Conrad | 1999-07-08 | 69 | Apollo 12 (1969) |
Jim Irwin | 1991-08-08 | 61 | Apollo 15 (1971) |
Ed Mitchell | 2016-02-04 | 85 | Apollo 14 (1971) |
Alan Shepard | 1998-07-21 | 74 | Apollo 14 (1971) |
John Young | 2018-01-05 | 87 | Apollo 16 (1972) |